Improvement in sand-paper holders



NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

TIMOTHY B. FITCH, OF NORWALK, CONNECTICUT.

'o 'all whom it may concern Beit knowirthat I, TIMOTHY B. FucH, of c toW-n of N orwalk,"county of Fairfield, and ateof Connecticut, have invented a new and useful- Article forHolding Sand-Paper Firmly WhenUsing-by thev Hand 5 and I do hereby de v.clzlirelthat the following,` is a correct description ;thereof, reference being had to the accom- Vpanying drawings, and to the letters of referenceinarked thereon. p Q vThe nature of my invention consistsin the ,const ruction and 'arrangement of a block in 'tvvoparts hinged together to hold a portion ofVA sand-paper when in use.

Tov enableothers skilled in the art to make "`-*.;andu'se my invention I will proceed to de- .-.scribe its construction and operation. Y P In'the drawings, Figure l is a view ofthe holder when in use. Fig. 2 is a View of the Y holder-When open to receive the sand-paper; Fig..3 ,a sketch showing hoW a convex bottom may be placed on; Fig. 4, a concave bottom; Fig. 5, a beveled bottom.

I make the block or holder, Fig. l, of Wood `.orany other material of a size'suitable to be z vgrasped by the hand when using. j The lower part, B, has small sharp points on "j-jits upper surface to pierce through the edges 4of the part of the sand-paper that laps over the edges or sides ofthe bottom, as shown in Fig. 2.

IMPROVEMENT IN SAND-PAPER HOLDERS.

Specification formingfpart of Letters Patent No. 53,133, dated March 13, 1866.

In the middle of the face B is a steady-pin, C, to keep the block from shit'tin g when closed,

and a hinge, D, to fold the upper and lower parts together and to close on the edges A of the sand-paper. A spring-catch fastening, E, operated by the pressure of the thumb on the thumb-piece F, holds the two parts firmly together when in use.

This sand-paper holder can be made of any convenientsizein length or Width, and formed to shape suitable to be grasped comfortably by the hand. The paper is cut to the -proper size for folding over' the bottom block,

ranged in the manner substantially as herein set forth and described.

TIMOTHY B. FITCH.

Witnesses:

WM. VINE, WM. A. AMBLER. 

